Death and burial in the Roman world (Aspects of Greek and Roman life) - Hardcover

Toynbee, J. M. C

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9780500400159: Death and burial in the Roman world (Aspects of Greek and Roman life)

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ISBN 10: 0500400156 ISBN 13: 9780500400159

Publisher: Thames & Hudson, 1971

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336p hardback with white jacket and purple title panels and spine, beginning to yellow, from a public library, minor faults and flaws, but pages clean with footnotes, index, maps and plates

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The most comprehensive book on Roman burial practices—now available in paperback

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Never before available in paperback, J. M. C. Toynbee's study is the most comprehensive book on Roman burial practices. Ranging throughout the Roman world - from Rome to Pompeii, from Britain to Jerusalem - Toynbee's book examines funeral practices from a wide variety of perspectives. Toynbee first examines Roman beliefs about death and the afterlife, revealing that few Romans believed in the Elysian Fields of poetic invention. She then describes the rituals associated with burial and mourning: commemorative meals at the gravesite were common, with some tombs having built-in kitchens and rooms in which family could stay overnight. Toynbee also includes descriptions of the layout and finances of cemeteries, the tomb types of both the rich and the poor, and the types of grave markers and monuments, as well as tomb furnishings.

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